Garment-supporter.



D. ROSEN.

GARMENT SUPPORTER.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 13. 1915.

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Application filed April 13, 1915. Serial No. 21,002.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, DAVID ROSEN, a citizen ofthe United States, residing in Camden, New Jersey, have invented certainImprovements in Garment-Supporters, of which the following is aspecification.

The object of my invention is to so construct a ladys coat or waisthanger that the same will properly support the bust portion of thegarment when in use but can be c0llapsed so that it will occupy but aminimum amount of space when not in use. This object I attain in themanner hereinafter set forth, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, in which- Figure 1 is a front view of a coat or waist hangershowing the same in the collapsed condition; Fig. 2 is a transversesection of the same; Fig. 3 is a similar section showing the supporterexpanded, as when applied to the coat Or waist; Fig. 4: is an enlargedsectional view of a swivel connection between the hanger and thesupporting hook at the top of the same, and Fig. 5 is a sectional viewillustrating a modification of one of the features of my invention.

In the drawing, 1 and 2 represent, respectively, the top and bottom barsof the hanger which are connected by a series of flexible strips 3,preferably of spring steel, the ends of these strips being secured tothe top and bottom bars in any appropriate way. Extending through thetop bar 1 of the hanger is a central vertical opening 4: andintersecting this opening is a transverse opening 5, as shown in Figs.'2and 3. Secured to the lower bar 2 of the hanger is a vertical rod 6which passes through the central vertical opening a in the top bar ofthe hanger and has, at its upper end, a suspension hook 7, preferablyconnected to the rod 6 by a swivel joint such as hereinafter described.

The rod 6 is notched at a number of different points throughout itslength, as

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ing applied to the coat or waist while the parts are in the positionshown in Fig. the top and bottom bars are then caused to approach eachother and the elastic strips 3 connecting said bars will thus beprojected, as shown in Fig. 3, so as to fill the bust portion of thecoat or waist and hence properly support the same, the bars 1 and 2being retained in this position by reason of the engagement of the pawl9 with one of the notches in the bar 6. The provision of a series ofthese notches permits a number of different adjustments of the top andbottom bars 1 and 2 in respect to one another and a consequentdifference in the extent of projection of the strips 3 so as toaccommodate them to garments of different sizes.

In order to provide a swivel connection between the suspension hook 7 atthe top of the hanger and the adjusting rod 6, I preferably secure toone of said members of the hanger a sleeve 11 which receives the othermember of the hanger but permits the latter to rotate freely within it,and in order to prevent separation of the members of the hanger therotating member, in this instance the member 7, has one or more grooves12 formed therein, which grooves are engaged by internal ribs 13 in thesleeve 11, these ribs being preferably formed by indenting the metal ofwhich the sleeve is composed, as shown in Fig. 4.

While I prefer to adopt the notched rod and pawl as a means of retainingthe top and bottom bars of the hanger in difi'erent vertical relationsto one another, other means than this may be employed within the scopeof my invention, for instance, as shown in Fig. 5, the top bar may carrya nut 14 for the reception of a clamping screw 15 which bears upon aplain rod 6 and serves to retain the bar 1 in different positions ofadjustment on said rod.

I claim:

1. The combination, in a garment hanger, of upper and lowerbars,flexible strips c011- necting the same, said upper bar havingintersecting vertical and transverse openings therein, a notched rodpassing through said vertical opening, and a pawl whose free end playsin the transverse opening and engages the notches of the rod.

2. The combination, in a garment hanger, of upper and lower bars,flexible strips conof @upper and rloLWer ibars, "flexible strips :eon-

necting the same, an adjusting rod for, re,- taining said upper andlower bars indifferjnt v t a re atio s t 91 n thersa u P nsion hOQk, ana swivel q lfifii0n iftw en th same and th 1 91 9 e d of said adjustingrod, said swivel connection comprising a sleeve secured to one of saidmembenszand surrounding a-portion of the other member, ,the latter:being grooved and the sleeve being indented so as to form thereon aninternal rib for engaging said groove.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my 11ame tmthis specification, inthe presenceof two subsoribing Witnesses.

' DAVID ROSEN. Witnesses:

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